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Prep soccer

Nick Hebb and Ben Baxter each scored goals as Mead shut out Ferris 2-0 in a Greater Spokane League match at Mead Junior High School Saturday.

Hebb put the Panthers up 1-0 30 minutes into the match after taking a pass from Ken Moulaison. Ben Baxter added a second-half insurance goal from Jim Morton’s assist.

The win keeps the Panthers perfect at 6 regulation wins, 0 regulation losses, 0 overtime wins and 0 overtime losses (18 points) and moves them into sole possession of first place heading into a Monday showdown with second-place Gonzaga Prep (5-0-0-1, 16 points). The Saxons fell to 0-4-0-1, 1 point.

At North Central, Lewis and Clark goalkeeper James Malone made eight saves, but the one that won’t show up on the stat sheet was his biggest.

Malone’s diving save in the third round of sudden death penalty kicks turned back the Indians 2-1. His penalty shot gave the Tigers (2-2-3-0, 13 points) an 8-7 lead in the shootout to set up his heroics in goal.

Aaron Sweatt’s penalty-kick goal midway through the second half had given the Tigers a 1-0, but Paul Johnson’s goal off of a Mike Hawley pass knotted the score for the Indians (3-1-1-1, 12 points).

At Shadle Park, the Highlanders (2-2-0-2, 8 points) needed 1 minute to get on the board and went on to cruise past Rogers 6-0.

Jeremy Stuart had two goals and an assist to lead Shadle. Ryan Vane, Adam Steele and Ben Janosik also scored for the Highlanders, who benefitted from an own goal scored by the Pirates (0-6-0-0, 0 points).

Frontier League

At Cheney, the Blackhawks used a pair of Trevor Harelson goals to down East Valley.

Harelson sandwiched his goals around Kanyon Anderson’s strike at 38 minutes, scoring at 28 minutes and 70 minutes.

Rob Just turned back seven shots to earn the save for the Blackhawks, who improved to 5-0 in league play. The Knights fell to 2-1-1.